- Pharmacy schools weigh faith’s influence on medicine
- Podium: Climate change is inevitable. We must adapt to it
- Pawpaw, nature’s natural antibiotic for typhoid
- Gums and teeth give clues about what’s going on inside your body
- “Master Switch” For Appetite And Reproduction Located
- Clean Inside Out

Pharmacy schools weigh faith’s influence on medicine
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle, TN 
All of the schools say they hope their graduates will be distinguished not by their reluctance to distribute a pill, but by their willingness to serve and show sympathy toward others. Their Christianity, they say, will only give them an added incentive. “Pharmacy is a profession that by nature deals with patients in their most vulnerable state,” Mitchell said. “Training practitioners in a faith-based environment will create more of a compassionate ability to deal with patients. Contact Colby Sledge at 615-259-8229 or.

Podium: Climate change is inevitable. We must adapt to it
Independent, UK 
Whatever we do is likely to lead to death on a scale that makes all previous wars, famines and disasters small. To continue business as usual will probably kill most of us during the century. We have to consider seriously that, as with 19th century medicine, the best option is often kind words and painkillers but otherwise to let Nature take its course. The usual response to such bitter realism is: then there is no hope for us, and we can do nothing to avoid our plight. This is far from true. We can adapt to climate change and this will allow us to make the best use of the refuge areas of the world that escape the worst heat and drought. We have to marshal our resources soon and if a safe form of geoengineering buys us a little time then we must use it.

Pawpaw, nature’s natural antibiotic for typhoid
FreshPlaza, Netherlands 
It is used in traditional medicine for variety of purposes in treating infectious and noninfectious diseases. Experts assessing the antibiotic effect of its seed extract against bacterial pathogens isolated from wound, urine and stool found that it is effective against several germs responsible for diseases such as typhoid fever, diarrhea and some other intestinal problems. The study published in the 2008 Ethiopian Medical Journal submitted that given the effective antibacterial nature of the paw paw seed extract against common germs such as Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella typhi, responsible for such ailments as diarrhea, there may be the need for preclinical studies including animal models and clinical trial on the effect of the seed before advocating its use generally in the public. Similarly, studies at the University of Nigeria have revealed that extracts of ripe and unripe paw paw fruits and of its seeds are active against several disease causing bacteria. In addition, dried paw paw seeds is as effective worm expeller, a pilot study carried out among 60 school children also confirmed.

Gums and teeth give clues about what’s going on inside your body
Belleville News Democrat,  USA 
Iacono said in 2005, when he was president of the American Academy of Periodontology. When Maurizio Tonetti, chair of the University of Connecticut’s Division of Periodontology, conducted a study looking into whether reversing the production of bacteria and toxins in the mouth would benefit patients who had atherosclerosis, the results were encouraging. He reported in the New England Journal of Medicine last year that patients who underwent an intensive, six-month program of treatment for gum disease emerged not only with healthier gums but also with improved endothelial function — that is, better function of the lining of the blood vessels. No, this does not necessarily mean better vascular function overall, but the experts say that these findings merit further study. As does a possible link between gum infections and preterm labor. Nearly 13 percent of births in the United States are considered preterm (occurring before 37 weeks of gestation), and of these, almost half occur without explanation. This has prompted researchers to look at the role of gum disease.

“Master Switch” For Appetite And Reproduction Located
Science a Gogo 
The findings suggest that variations in the gene responsible for this master switch - known as TORC1 - could contribute a genetic component to obesity and infertility, and might be regulated by pharmaceuticals. "This gene is crucial to the daisy chain of signals that run between body fat and the brain," says the Salk Institute’s Marc Montminy, who led the study. "It likely plays a pivotal role in how much we, as humans, eat and whether we have offspring. " The primary hormone that regulates appetite is leptin, which travels through the bloodstream to the hypothalamus in the brain (the appetite center), keeping the brain aware of the body’s nutritional status.

Clean Inside Out
RedOrbit, TX 
Through various methods of detoxification, we can help the body to heal itself, thus bringing it to a purer, healthier, and more vibrant state. Here’s a worldwide sampler of techniques. The Americas Deep in the heart of the Amazon rain forest, medicine is an herbal-based art in which healing is interconnected with spiritual beliefs. It’s rooted in the dark shadows of shamanic customs in which the healing traditions are orally passed from shaman to apprentice. The herbs chosen are tailored to the individual person and their condition. Native American medicine is similar to rain forest treatments, as herbs serve as the primary healer. Sage, for instance, was spread on the floor or a sweat lodge, rubbed on the body in the form of a poultice, and burned in spaces thought to be contaminated by disease.

- Medicine for a feverish planet: kill or cure?
- The teeth don’t lie
- Keep blooming fit in the garden
- BIOTECH: Master switch for hunger, reproduction, identified
- New Approach, Old Drug Show Promise Against Hepatitis C, Stanford …
- Soups for May Delivery
- Harvard Researchers Make Breakthrough in Cell Reprogramming

Medicine for a feverish planet: kill or cure?
guardian.co.uk, UK 
Photograph: Corbis What are the planetary health risks of geoengineering intervention? Nothing we do is likely to sterilise the Earth, but the consequences of planetary scale intervention could hugely affect humans. Putative geoengineers are in a position similar to that of physicians before the 1940s. The author-physician Lewis Thomas remarkably described in his 1983 book, The Youngest Science, the practice of medicine before the Second World War. There were only five effective medicines available: morphine for pain, quinine for malaria, insulin for diabetes, digitalis for heart disease and aspirin for inflammation and very little was known of their mode of action. For almost all other ailments, there was nothing available but nostrums and comforting words. At that time, despite a well-founded science of physiology, we were still ignorant about the human body or the hostâparasite relationship it had with other organisms. Wise physicians knew that letting nature take its course without intervention would often allow natural self-regulation to make the cure.

The teeth don’t lie
The Salinas Californian, CA 
Iacono said in 2005, when he was president of the American Academy of Periodontology. When Maurizio Tonetti, chair of the University of Connecticut’s Division of Periodontology, conducted a study looking into whether reversing the production of bacteria and toxins in the mouth would benefit patients who had atherosclerosis, the results were encouraging. He reported in the New England Journal of Medicine last year that patients who underwent an intensive, six-month program of treatment for gum disease emerged not only with healthier gums but also with improved endothelial function - that is, better function of the lining of the blood vessels. No, this does not necessarily mean better vascular function overall, but the experts say that these findings merit further study. Other connectionsAs does a possible link between gum infections and preterm labor. Nearly 13 percent of births in the United States are considered preterm (occurring before 37 weeks of gestation), and of these, almost half occur without explanation. This has prompted researchers to look at the role of gum disease.

Keep blooming fit in the garden
Times Online, UK 
–>Peta Beediv#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited {color:#06c;}Raking, weeding, mowing the lawn and digging are as good as a gym circuit,using most of the major muscles and burning up to 435 calories an hour - theequivalent of a run of the same duration. A study presented to the American College of Sports Medicine revealed thatpreviously sedentary adults who did four ten-minute gardening tasks on twodays a week were significantly fitter on a range of metabolic measurements,including heart rate and oxygen uptake, after just two weeks. However, itsstrenuous nature means that gardening can be a disaster waiting to happenfor the ill-prepared. Sammy Margo, of the Chartered Society ofPhysiotherapy, says “the twisting, lifting and bending while working canforce the body into awkward postures that put muscles and joints under realthreat”. Among the most common problem incurred is back pain. Here are waysto prevent it:1 Warm-up Walk around or do some light raking of leaves for 5-10minutes.

BIOTECH: Master switch for hunger, reproduction, identified
North County Times, CA 
The switch for these primordial animal instincts likely also is present in humans, said Mark Montminy, a professor at the Salk Institute, in a telephone interview last week. Further research could lead to new obesity and infertility treatments, said Montminy, who took part in a study identifying the molecular switch. The study was published Sunday in the online edition of the journal Nature Medicine. The study examined what happens to mice when the gene that makes the master switch is disabled. These mice appeared normal at birth, but began to put on weight about eight weeks later. They also became resistant to insulin, a critical hormone that controls blood sugar. Moreover, both male and female mice lacking the switch were found to be infertile.

New Approach, Old Drug Show Promise Against Hepatitis C, Stanford …
MarketWatch 
“We’re excited about this and we’re actively moving forward toward clinical trials,” said virology expert Jeffrey Glenn, MD, PhD, associate professor of gastroenterology and hepatology. Glenn is one of two senior authors of the paper. The lead authors are postdoctoral scholars Shirit Einav, MD, in medicine, and Doron Gerber, PhD, in bioengineering. One of the team’s key discoveries used coin-sized microfluidic chips that shrink tabletop biological experiments down to the tiny scale of nanoliters. The paper marks the first time that microfluidic technology has been used to discover a specific drug, said Stephen Quake, PhD, professor of bioengineering and the other senior author of the paper. In fact, the small team was able to screen more than 1,200 drug candidates and find clemizole in just two weeks, Gerber added. “That’s just an example of the power of these microfluidics automation technologies that one or two people working together can actually screen very large numbers of compounds,” Quake said.

Soups for May Delivery
All At Sea, U.S. Virgin Islands 
Root vegetables are not only great additions to a variety of soups and stews, loaded with carbohydrates and dietary fiber, but they are also delicious steamed, where the true flavor comes out. They are also very easy on the pocketbook. Referring to the therapeutic value of vegetables, Hippocrates, The Father of Medicine, said in 460 BC, "Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food. " In order to give the body what it needs during deliveries, it is to our benefit if we include organically grown, raw vegetables. Getting back to our roots - food, fresh from the earth, is the key principle of good health, especially when on the sea. Here in the Caribbean, we are very lucky as all forms of assorted root vegetables are available for delivery dinners - cho-cho, yam, green banana, sweet potato, carrot, native pumpkin and potato. Roots that are lifted for storage should be in good condition.

Harvard Researchers Make Breakthrough in Cell Reprogramming
Harvard Crimson, MA 
“They really provide a unique window into human development and human disease, and we really need those to progress our understanding. Melton added that direct reprogramming is simply another way of approaching the same problem scientists face in regenerative medicineâhow to make cells to replace lost or deficient ones. Additionally, Daley said that though there may be practical advantages of tissue-to-tissue reprogramming, inducing cells back to a pluripotent state provides valuable insight to currently unanswered questions. Lead author of the paper Qiao “Joe” Zhou, a post-doctoral fellow working in Melton’s laboratory, said that finding the correct combination of the three transcription factors to reprogram the cell that makes gut enzymes in mice into a more useful pancreatic cell was the result of three years of repetitive lab work. Of over 1,100 transcription factors in the mouse genome, only 200 or so are expressed in the cells involved in forming the pancreas, 28 of which are expressed in the part of the gland organ where beta cells are found. Zhou said that systematic experiments narrowed down the transcription factors down to nine, which were then tested directly in the mice.

- In Eustis, a family practice
- Online Medical Encyclopedia Soon to Launch
- Nature keeps your
- We need school of public policy
- Independent.co.uk Web
- Who you calling old?

In Eustis, a family practice
Daily Commercial, FL 
Growing up in a family of physicians, it came natural for the children to follow suit. Common talk at the dinner table or during holiday meals involved medicine in one form or another, Andrew said. The children became so immersed in studying medicine that it became almost second nature for them. Because of their upbringing, mental illnesses and diseases are not frowned upon because they are educated. Health is a high priority in the family. No one smokes or eats too much because of their knowledge of “the bad things. “As a kid, you think about going into athletics but you realize later on that you’re either too slow or too fat or you can’t hit the ball well,” Andrew Cooke said.

Online Medical Encyclopedia Soon to Launch
New America Media, CA 
Currier pulled experts from prestigious medical schools into helping him realize his vision. Henry Lowe, Stanford University School of Medicines senior associate dean for information resources and technology, supported the idea. “Making high-quality, unbiased medical information freely available to everyone via a collaborative, open and constantly evolving Web site has the potential [of] dramatically [having an] impact [on] both public and individual health,” Lowe said. Like Wikipedia, Curriers project will use a wiki format, a technology that allows for collaborative entries to Web sites. But it will have crucial differences as well. One of these is Medpedia will require contributor identity.

Nature keeps your
New Straits Times, Malaysia 
The study dealt with fish oil and not fish. If that is the case, it would be prudent to recommend fish oil supplementation given the concerns of the ever increasing build up of the ocean’s toxins that end up in fish. There is new technology like molecular distillation and even more superior processes like omatech distillation that newer generation fish oils now come with money back guarantee of purity. is a pharmacist with a doctorate in holistic medicine. Email him at health@po.

We need school of public policy
Daily Monitor, Uganda 
The overall results (unintended consequences) on tenants were atrocious. According to one expert, more tenant evictions occurred in the first 10 years after independence as a result of the process of enacting laws to abolish the Zamindari system than occurred in the 100 years prior to independence. Could Ugandaâs present proposed land reform bill not be the antidote to but the cause of the spate of tenant evictions (such as they are)? Is the medicine (land bill) unintentionally causing the ailment (tenant evictions) it is meant to cure? What of Bugandaâs disproportionate reaction to the land bill? Public choice theory dictates that when costs of a legislative policy option disproportionately fall on a specific minority and the benefits are lightly and widely dispersed amongst the majority, the minority tends to win outâpolicy defeated. The minority are incentivised to leave no stone unturned to defeat the policy while the majority could care less. Because the changes envisioned in the land bill disproportionately disparately affect Buganda vis–vis the rest of the country, it is no wonder that it is Buganda in the bullpen with the central government, sponsor of the bill. We can engage issues such as the political economy of the land bill or world food prices without relying on the squeaky architecture of tribes or class struggle or hearsay from almost fallen dictators. A school of public policy might help us along this way.

Independent.co.uk Web
Independent, UK 
One boy, Yakup (Ali Bey Kayali), helps his young schoolteacher when she steps on a thorn: for an instant, he holds her bare foot, and you can guess that this quietly rapturous moment will stay with him for life. Another boy, Omer (Ozkan Ozen), hates his father for doting exclusively on his infuriatingly angelic little brother. Determined to kill his ailing dad, he goes about it any way he can devise, leaving a window open, emptying the medicine from his capsules, finally attempting something more drastic – at which point the camera swoops up to the sky, as if in vertiginous shock. There are echoes here of Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, and his village dramas, but Erdem works in a lusher register. The sometimes picturesque beauty of Florent Henry’s photography might make some hardcore art-house adepts suspicious – as if anything this consciously gorgeous can’t be the real thing – but the touches of artifice in the realism are genuinely striking. Colours are heightened: blazing red flowers, a green door, the blue of the schoolchildren’s strange collared smocks. And certain images tremble on a border between reality and dream: in a leitmotif, children lie asleep in deep foliage, thorn bushes or in the hollowed trunk of a huge tree.

Who you calling old?
Peoria Journal Star, IL 
"Because animal species are so varied, and vary zoo to zoo, it’s hard to gather statistics," AZA spokesman Steve Feldman said. "But everyone we know says this is the trend. "Advances in human medicine that have led to the longer life spans of humans - whether it’s in heart disease or arthritis or cancer treatment - all translate to veterinary medicine. "For Peoria Zoo Manager Yvonne Strode, that means more familiar faces. "Butch and Agnes were here when I started as a keeper back in, like, ‘82," she said. "They’re my favorites. They greet you and they know YOU.

- neuroblastoma linked to ALK mutations
- Chew on this: Healthy mouth can mean healthier body
- Syracuse University Press, 2007
- Health Briefs
- A ‘Prairie Celebration’ Sept. 6-7 at Rock Springs Nature Center
- Using Nature’s best filters to clean our polluted waterways

neuroblastoma linked to ALK mutations
Medicexchange, UK 
The results also suggest that activating mutations can be acquired somatically, Dr. Maris, from The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, and colleagues note. Using a whole-genome scan in neuroblastoma families, the researchers found evidence of signal linkage at chromosome bands 2p23-24. Further analysis of these areas revealed three separate missense mutations in the tyrosine kinase domain of ALK.

Chew on this: Healthy mouth can mean healthier body
Daily Camera, CO 
Iacono said in 2005, when he was president of the American Academy of Periodontology. When Maurizio Tonetti, chair of the University of Connecticut’s Division of Periodontology, conducted a study looking into whether reversing the production of bacteria and toxins in the mouth would benefit patients who had atherosclerosis, the results were encouraging. He reported in the New England Journal of Medicine last year that patients who underwent an intensive, six-month program of treatment for gum disease emerged not only with healthier gums but also with improved endothelial function — that is, better function of the lining of the blood vessels. No, this does not necessarily mean better vascular function overall, but the experts say that these findings merit further study. As does a possible link between gum infections and preterm labor. Nearly 13 percent of births in the United States are considered preterm (occurring before 37 weeks of gestation), and of these, almost half occur without explanation. This has prompted researchers to look at the role of gum disease.

Syracuse University Press, 2007
Metapsychology, NY 
The collection is divided into two parts. The first, Demarcating Disease from Nondisease, consists of seven essays addressing questions of the definition of 'disease' and 'mental disease' and clarifying the history and significance of such definitions. The second, Disturbing Behavior and Medicine's Responses to It, consists of nine essays surveying numerous putative examples of medicalization and providing detailed discussion of each (e. , coercive psychiatric practices, hysteria, routine neonatal circumcision, suicide, pedophilia, criminal responsibility, euthanasia, medical ethics, relations between medicine and the state.

Health Briefs
Helena Independent Record, MT 
The lab normally hires four to six undergraduates each year. Doctor joins hospitalist staff at St. Harnek Singh, an internal medicine specialist from South Carolina, will join the medical staff of St. Peter’s Hospital as a hospitalist Sept.

A ‘Prairie Celebration’ Sept. 6-7 at Rock Springs Nature Center
Clinton Daily Journal, IL 
For those interested in history, the Homestead Prairie Farm and wood shop will be open for tours. Near the pavilions, visitors can experience an artisan encampment staffed by re-enactors and volunteers. There will also be an old-time medicine show at the encampment stage as well as Native American Storytelling, and music by Flatbranch. The Rock Springs Ground Squirrels, the Vintage Base Ball team, will be selling food at the concessions stand both days. On Sunday, come out to support the Ground Squirrels as they compete against other Base Ball Clubs in the Stephen A. Douglas Cup Vintage Base Ball Festival at Beautiful Trobaugh Field. Free wagon rides will be offered every half hour, departing from the Nature Center.

Using Nature’s best filters to clean our polluted waterways
Plenty Magazine, NY 
One question being raised is whether shellfish that have been used to help clean a bay should be sold for human consumption. Another is whether the creatures will be able to survive in extremely polluted waterways. “It’s a mistake to think that just adding oysters or mussels is going to be enough anywhere,” says Jay Levine, a North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine researcher responsible for leading the cleanup of North Carolina’s Wilson Bay. “But along with other approaches, bivalves can help restore waterways. ” Here’s how these invertebrates are taking it all in. Sponges Some 10,000 species of sponge inhabit fresh and salt waters, and a single sponge can filter hundreds of gallons of water per day. As aquatic restorers, the animals are perhaps best known for their ability to remove microorganisms, like those associated with fecal contamination.

- Alternative medicine offers old solutions for ailments
- Drug Companies Routinely Bury Studies Showing Their Drugs Don’t Work
- Medicare not universal without coverage of prescriptions, new CMA …
- Beware of Lyme disease bugs in your garden
- KZN reaping fruit of common sense

Alternative medicine offers old solutions for ailments
Chetek Alert,  United States 
Instead of recuperating from surgery right now, he’s renovating an old house. “Alternative” medicine-once the opposite of mainstream medicine-is now commonly termed “complementary,” recognized by the government, the American Medical Association, the American Cancer Society and many other organizations as an additional method for treating patients physically and holistically. While no substitute for mainstream medicine, especially when life is on the line, alternative and complementary therapies-herbal supplements, dietary modifications, remedies, acupuncture, chiropractic adjustments, massage therapy and energy healing, among others, shouldn’t be overlooked as practical, often less-expensive routes to wellness. Goodremote’s story isn’t unusual, says nutritionist Karen Hurd, of Fall Creek. “I am currently entering the history of the thousands of clients I have into a database, so that the documentation of their nutritional success can be accurately reported,” Hurd adds. Hurd’s Web site, www.

Drug Companies Routinely Bury Studies Showing Their Drugs Don’t Work
Natural News.com, AZ 
Newsweek columnist Sharon Begley expressed skepticism with this view. “I think he’s being too kind,” Begley said. “With the proliferation of journals, virtually anything can get published somewhere - maybe not in the New England Journal of Medicine, but in some third-tier rag, which would still count as ‘published. ‘”Regardless of the reasons behind it, it is widely acknowledged that publication bias has far-reaching ramifications. It skews the results of meta-analyses, in which researchers compile the results of many published studies to get a better picture of how effective a drug or other therapy is. In extreme cases, it can create a totally false impression: Because studies are typically conducted within a 5 percent confidence interval, it is expected that one in 20 of those studies will show a false result simply due to random variation. If only that study is published and the 19 studies showing no results are never seen, this conveys the opposite impression of what the research actually found.

Medicare not universal without coverage of prescriptions, new CMA …
Globe and Mail, Canada 
Danielle Martin, chairperson of Canadian Doctors for Medicare, said she was surprised at the "radical" nature of Dr. Ouellet’s views and said they do not reflect those of most doctors in Canada. "His way of practising medicine is far removed from the day-to-day reality of the vast majority of most Canadian physicians," Dr. "And the solutions he is proposing are far removed from what most Canadians want - they don’t want the wealthy to get better, faster access to care. "Wendy Fucile, president of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, said the new CMA president was offering the "wrong prescription" and that his assurances that he believes in medicare are not credible. "Much like his predecessor, Dr.

Beware of Lyme disease bugs in your garden
Avon Grove Sun, PA 
So now I am taking medicine and the huge weeds quiver in anticipatory fear. When tiny critters wander around our bodies causing trouble, we take medicine. When tiny critters wander around our gardens causing trouble, we use medicine too, except then it's called a pesticide. Like medicine, pesticides are targeted to specific pathogens. And just as you don't grab any pill when you're feeling punk, you don't just grab "a spray" when your garden sulks.

KZN reaping fruit of common sense
Independent Online, South Africa 
“We also hope to show people how to make their gardens as energy efficient as possible,” said Clement. “It really does relate to the whole problem of fuel and oil. We need to create food and medicine using as little energy as we can. ” The perma-culture garden is the perfect ideal on how to save energy when growing food. The garden was not dug up. Instead, the gardeners got cardboard from supermarkets which they laid on the ground. Old leaves were also scattered on top of this.

- Animal Study Indicates Grape Seed Extract May Reduce Cognitive …
- United by misery: Two boys from Gaza and Nilin
- Declaring Babies Dead for Organ Harvesting
- More diseases surface as bush meat eating rises
- ArthroCare Receives Expected NASDAQ Notice Regarding Delayed …

Animal Study Indicates Grape Seed Extract May Reduce Cognitive …
NPIcenter (press release), Canada 
The study appears in the June 18 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. Lead study author Giulio Maria Pasinetti, MD, PhD, of Mount Sinai School of Medicine and colleagues found that the grape seed extract prevents amyloid beta accumulation in cells, suggesting that it may block the formation of abnormally high molecular weight soluble oligomerized amyloid peptides highly implicated in mechanism associated with deterioration of cognitive functions and eventually dementia in Alzheimerâs disease. The researchers tested a grape seed polyphenolic extract product sold as MegaNatural-AZ, made by Polyphenolics, which in part supported the study conducted at Mount Sinai School of Medicine together with the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). Polyphenolic compounds are naturally compounds found in wine, tea, chocolate, and some fruits and vegetables. To determine whether the extract could mitigate the effects of Alzheimerâs disease, the researchers used mice genetically modified to develop a condition analogous to Alzheimerâs disease. They exposed pre-symptomatic âAlzheimerâs miceâ to it or placebo daily for five months.

United by misery: Two boys from Gaza and Nilin
Tehran Times, Iran 
net reported on Bahloulâs case: For three months, said his mother, Nadia, he received no medication and no vitamins to strengthen his sickly body. âThere isnât one door I didnât knock on, hoping to find medicine for Mohamed,â said Nadia. In a place similar in many respects to a concentration camp, where 1. 5 million people are subject to the most inhumane conditions, Bahloulâs case is hardly the exception. Despite the ceasefire between the Hamas government in Gaza and Israel that ensured that homemade Palestinian rockets are no longer fired at southern Israeli towns, there is no respite from poverty and siege in Gaza. UNRWAâs head of Gaza operations, John Ging, said that the situation is getting âworse and worseâ for the people in Gaza, who are largely aid-dependant.

Declaring Babies Dead for Organ Harvesting
John Birch Society, WI 
Then, as quickly as 75 seconds to five minutes after the declaration, doctors can slice into the baby’s chest to harvest the heart. The new method of death declaration has been brought to light because of a report in the. Three babies on life support who showed little brain function but who did not meet the criteria for brain death were taken off ventilators and their hearts harvested and transplanted in other infants. Of course, legal and ethical issues immediately come to mind.

More diseases surface as bush meat eating rises
Daily Monitor, Uganda 
Most of these diseases such as anthrax, Rift Valley fever and monkey pox are zoonotic, meaning they originated in animals but have crossed the species barrier to infect people. It is estimated that about 75 per cent of the new diseases that have affected humans over the past 10 years have been caused by pathogens (infective agents) originating from animals or animal products. This was the case of the HIV– the virus that causes Aids, which experts believe jumped the Darwinian divide from apes to humans. Such diseases are of course not confined to the developing world.

ArthroCare Receives Expected NASDAQ Notice Regarding Delayed …
MarketWatch 
Withthese products, ArthroCare targets a multi-billion dollar marketopportunity across several medical specialties, significantlyimproving existing surgical procedures and enabling new, minimallyinvasive procedures. Many of ArthroCare’s products are based on itspatented Coblation technology, which uses low-temperatureradiofrequency energy to gently and precisely dissolve rather thanburn soft tissue — minimizing damage to healthy tissue. ArthroCare also has added a number of novel technologiesto its portfolio, including Opus Medical sports medicine, Parallaxspine and Applied Therapeutics ENT products, to complement Coblationwithin key indications. CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS The information provided in this notice and the attachedexplanation includes forward-looking statements within the meaning ofSection 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, includingstatements regarding the Company’s plan to request a hearing beforethe NASDAQ Listing Qualifications Panel, its expectations regardingNASDAQ delisting proceedings, its response to these proceedings andthe listing of its common stock on NASDAQ. Statements that are not historical facts are forward-lookingstatements. These statements are based on beliefs and assumptions bymanagement, and on information currently available to management.

- ‘Nature has a cure for every human ailment’
- US researchers discover technology that silences genes
- Blood protects against long-gone killer 1918 flu
- Researchers have developed a strain of mice resistant to diet …
- Vioxx study a Merck marketing ploy, allege doctors

‘Nature has a cure for every human ailment’
Vanguard, Nigeria 
The online version of the newspaper is updated when the print edition hits the streets. , Popularly known by her admirers as Mama Mimi, Dr. Chinyere Precious Eze, a naturopath by profession, had tremendous love for natural medicine while growing up. This love grew out of understudying of her grand father who was a renowned natural medicine practitioner in Igbo land. All rights reserved.

US researchers discover technology that silences genes
Xinhua, China 
researchers have developed a new gene silencing technology that could be used to target genes that can lead to the development of certain diseases. The groundbreaking technology, designed by researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, could pave the way for preventing diseases where gene dysfunction plays a role. The findings was published online on Monday by the journal Nature Cell Biology. “We now know we can focus on these genes and potentially change the ultimate course of many diseases that have a major impact on people’s lives,” says the research team. Editor: Mu Xuequan.

Blood protects against long-gone killer 1918 flu
The Associated Press 
What’s more important in this research, they said, is that it confirms theories that our immune system has a steel-trap memory. The Lord has blessed us with antibodies our whole lifetime,” said study co-author Dr. Eric Altschuler at the University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey. “What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. “This is the longest that specific disease-fighting cells have lasted in people, said study lead author Dr. James Crowe, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.

Researchers have developed a strain of mice resistant to diet …
Tehran Times, Iran 
Julio Licinio, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, called the research a “”technological tour de force. Bradford Lowell, associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, led the study, which was published online Aug. 10 in the journal Nature Neuroscience. According to lead study author Qingchun Tong, most research into energy homeostasis has involved what scientists call genetically encoded neuropeptides, rather than small molecule neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters “”have been postulated to play a very important role in neurocommunication, but in this field, essentially no critical studies have been performed to address this issue,”" Tong said. “”So I set up an experiment to create an animal model in which a particular group of neurons in the brain couldn’t release a small neurotransmitter, and by examining those animal models, I could know the function of those molecules.

Vioxx study a Merck marketing ploy, allege doctors
New Scientist (subscription), UK 
But a group of doctors is alleging that a. The Annals study reported positive results for.

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Bederra’s Lumar Imaging to Enter $18 Billion Nuclear Medicine Market
Trading Markets (press release), CA 
The non-invasive nature of nuclear medicine imaging systems makes itfavorable for physicians and patients alike, and demand for nuclearmedicine is dramatically on the rise. The North American NuclearMedicine Market earned revenues of over $18 billion in 2007 and isbound to reach $20 billion in 2014, according to estimates by Frost &Sullivan. “Since diagnostic imaging is the precursor to nuclear imaging, our JVwith Advanced Nuclear is ideal for extending the doctor referralnetwork,” said Graham Williams, CEO of Bederra Corp. “Combined with ourrecent JV with Basic Solutions, Inc. , Lumar is creating a synergisticplatform to cost-effectively create new sales opportunities to driveshareholder value.

Good Economic News Hard to Find - Except in Polk Medicine
The Ledger, FL 
Hunt Building, where 32 new private acute-care patient rooms will be added to meet patient demand. “We anticipate the 32 new private patient rooms will open in early 2009,” Bachelder said. In April, Lake Wales Medical Center became the first facility in Polk County to implement digital mammography, Bachelder said. It also recently finished the installation of a PACS. According to Bachelder, the medical center has 460 employees and has expanded its physician team to include doctors in the following areas: neurology, internal medicine, urology, general surgery and orthopedic surgery. WATSON CLINIC Construction is underway for Watson Clinic LLP’s new 51,000-square-foot medical office building, located on the corner of North Florida Avenue and Bella Vista Street in Lakeland.

Appendix 4E and FInancial Reports
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia 
Loss before foreign exchange losses reduced by 78%, trending towards 2009 profitability. US$6m agreement with OptumHealth, the largest US healthcare provider, with a number of clients now using the service. The world’s largest Depression and Attention Deficit Disorder Personalised Medicine Marker study, first subject acquisitions soon to commence. Report volumes continue to grow, with more than 7,000 supplied during the current year to users in 10 countries. Brain Resource International Database now exceeds 32,000 datasets, with growth on-going. Growing international scientific credibility through a publication rate of 1 paper per week.

Cradle of maternity in the brain discovered
Thaindian.com, Thailand 
During the study, the researchers genetically engineered mice to carry a mutation in a gene called Pet-1, which directs the development of the brain serotonin neurotransmitter system. Though Pet-1 deficient mice mothers showed normal rates of pregnancy and gave birth to normal numbers of offspring, it was observed that not of their offspring survived to five days of age. Further studies indicated that a specific deficiency of maternal care was the cause of pup mortality. Essential maternal care includes construction of proper nests and huddling of offspring in the nests for warmth.

Use the best doping science
Ottawa Citizen,  Canada 
Bengt Kayser, director of sports medicine at the University of Geneva. He claims that the ban on performance-enhancing drugs hurts elite athletes, who will use them anyway, because they are less likely to seek appropriate medical supervision. In a 2005 article in the medical journal The Lancet, he claimed legalization would “encourage more sensible, informed use of drugs in amateur sport, leading to an overall decline in the rate of health problems associated with doping. “Authors of a recent statement in the British Medical Journal were even harsher in their rebuke of anti-doping agencies, claiming they exaggerate the dangers of drugs like steroids and are driven more by a “misguided moralistic motivation to protect sports” than by a desire to protect athletes.

- Ashwagandha, cow’s milk boost immunity!
- Dr. Feigin made city a major player in pediatric medicine
- 5 Ways to Treat Acid Reflux Symptoms Naturally
- Fort Sill gets green light to build at base of Medicine Bluff
- Predicting lung cancer survival
- First Northern dietetic interns ready to graduate
- Do alternative meds work?

Ashwagandha, cow’s milk boost immunity!
Times of India, India 
Thefirst-of-its-kind study was led by Heather Zwickey of the National College ofNatural Medicine€s Helfgott Research Institute, Portland. According toZwickey, investigations into herbal remedies rarely take into account how theherb has been administered throughout the tradition of the medicine€s lifecycle, such as coupled or mixed with water, tea, or oil. While many consumers today mayconsume the herb with water or no liquid at all, researchers know that Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera (WS)) has typicallybeen taken with an anupana substance. Anupana may be derived from many differentsubstances, from olive oil, to beer, toghee. To determine if ananupana substance would help enhance Ashwagandha’s immune properties, the research team used milk in a co-administered interventionalong with the herb extract.

Dr. Feigin made city a major player in pediatric medicine
Houston Chronicle, United States 
“He was a principled, highly intelligent man whose focus was always on what was the right thing to do for children and for people. Feigin transformed Baylor pediatrics from a small, poorly funded department into the nation’s biggest, made Texas Children’s Hospital one of the nation’s elite children’s hospitals and trained an amazing roster of doctors, including almost half of Harris County’s current population of pediatricians and many academic leaders nationally. He was also known for research that contributed to the better understanding and treatment of pediatric disease, as the author of textbooks that changed the care of children worldwide and as a tireless advocate who never missed a chance to take up the cause of children’s health. Colleagues described him as unfailingly cheerful and energetic, even after the lung cancer struck. Diagnosed with the disease in late 2007, he continued as Baylor’s chairman of pediatrics and Texas Children’s physician-in-chief while in treatment. In May, he announced he would step down but attributed the decision to a plan he had made at 65 to stop his administrative duties at 70.

5 Ways to Treat Acid Reflux Symptoms Naturally
FOXNews 
Aloe vera has been used to treat stomach upset, diarrhea and inflammation associated with bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis. Most often associated with candy, herbal licorice is used in Eastern medicine to treat diseases of the spleen, liver and kidneys. It is also believed to be effective in treating stomach and intestinal ulcers, reducing stomach acid levels, coating the stomach wall with a protective gel and relieving constipation. Apple cider vinegar. Although this vinegar is purported to treat everything from hay fever to warts (with little evidence to back up its effectiveness), it does appear to have a calming effect on stomach acid. “I really don’t know how it works,” Sosin said.

Fort Sill gets green light to build at base of Medicine Bluff
KSWO, OK 
“The housing is a couple hundred feet away in many cases, and as I mentioned earlier we have a fish and wildlife center within the boundary,” he said. Fort Sill has agreed to move three other training areas that are also in vicinity of the bluff's base. “What you begin to do is restore the Medicine Bluff to its natural state, which is keeping with what we want to do with the national historic site,” he said. In the future, Bridgford says he hopes that Fort Sill can work with local tribes to define the more historic boundaries on post - Medicine Bluff will be the first. “We really want to find out where those sacred sites are so we can exclude them from any of our planning in the future,” he said. Fort Sill is allowing Comanche Nation tribal members and archeologists to observe the construction work in the event that artifacts or other tribal items are uncovered. William Voekler and the Comanche Nation's attorney were unavailable for comment at the time this story was aired.

Predicting lung cancer survival
ecancermedicalscience, UK 
In addition to providing the largest available set of microarray data with extensive pathological and clinical annotation for lung tumours, this study is a potential milestone for the clinical application of predictive models of patient survival. Gene expression signatures can predict survival of patients with lung cancer but it is crucial to establish their performance across different subject populations and laboratories before they are used in the clinic. Online in Nature Medicine, David Beer and colleagues report the largest, most comprehensive validation study to characterise the performance of several prognostic models based on gene expression for 442 lung tumours. They examined whether measurements of gene expression alone or combined with clinical variables such as tumour stage, age or gender could be used to predict overall survival in lung cancer patients. Several of the prognostic models they examined produced risk scores that substantially correlated with actual patient survival. Most models performed better with clinical data, supporting the combined use of clinical and molecular information when building prognostic models for early-stage lung cancer.     CommentsNo comments have been posted yet.

First Northern dietetic interns ready to graduate
SooToday.com 
comFriday, August 15, 2008. The program is a joint initiative between NOSM and the NODIP Professional Advisory Committee, and involves multiple facilitators, sites and partners throughout Northern Ontario. In October 2007, NODIP began training dietetic interns with Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, Timmins and Thunder Bay as the principal community sites, supported by over 30 partners throughout Northern Ontario. The program accepts 10 graduates per year from university dietetic programs and provides them with opportunities in Northern Ontario to gain practical experience needed to obtain their dietitian registration.

Do alternative meds work?
WLUC TV6, MI 
MARQUETTE — Conventional medicine continues to evolve everyday, offering people the latest and greatest ways to feel their very best.   But some types of medicine–the so-called alternative forms like herbalism and biofeedback–rely on natural substances and theories that go way back in time. The latest TV6 Web Poll asked people, “Do you think alternative medicine is effective?”The responses:  31 percent said yes, 52 percent said in some cases, and only 18 percent said no. As for doctors and naturopaths, they both agree that alternative medicines have their place when used in addition to conventional medicine. “I would never recommend anyone to just use alternative medicine,” said naturopath Mary Ewalt of Marquette.   “I believe it’s a complimentary type of session with their traditional medical doctor.